BILL NUMBER: AB 877	CHAPTERED  09/27/00

	CHAPTER   703
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 14, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 14, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 3, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Scott
   (Principal coauthor:  Senator O'Connell)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Sections 44227, 44253, 44274, 44274.2, and 44275.3
of, to add Sections 44270.3, 44270.4, 44274.1, and 44275.4 to, and
to repeal Section 44274.4 of, the Education Code, relating to teacher
credentialing, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

      (Approved by Governor September 25, 2000.  Filed with
Secretary of State September 27, 2000.)

   On this date I have signed Assembly Bill No. 877 with a reduction.

   This bill would make specified changes to the requirements
governing the issuance of a California teaching credential to
teachers who have been trained in other states, and the issuance of a
professional services credential to school administrators who have
been trained in other states.  It would also authorize the Commission
on Teacher Credentialing to contract for studies of teacher and
administrator training requirements in other states.
   The appropriation in this bill, however, is in excess of the
amount needed for these studies.  Therefore, I am reducing the
appropriation contained in this bill by $150,000 to reflect the
actual amount needed to conduct the studies of teacher and
administrator training requirements in other states. The revised
appropriation shall be $350,000.
                                                 GRAY DAVIS, Governor


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 877, Scott.  Teacher credentialing:  out-of-state teachers.
   Existing law requires out-of-state applicants to meet prescribed
requirements for the preliminary multiple or single subject teaching
credential.
   This bill would eliminate those requirements and establish new
requirements for the preliminary designated subjects teaching
credential.  The bill would require the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing to issue a preliminary services credential with a
specialization in administrative services or a professional services
credential with a specialization in administrative services to an
out-of-state trained administrator who meets prescribed requirements.

   Existing law requires the commission to award a credential,
permit, or certificate of eligibility to any applicant who holds or
qualifies for an equivalent credential, permit, or certificate of
eligibility awarded by a state that has established a reciprocity
agreement with the commission.
   This bill would eliminate this requirement.
   Existing law requires the commission to conduct periodic reviews
to determine whether any state has established teacher preparation
standards that are at least comparable and equivalent to teacher
preparation standards in California and initiate negotiations with
those states to provide reciprocity in teacher credentialing.
Existing law requires the commission to grant an appropriate
credential to any applicant from another state who has completed
teacher preparation that is at least comparable and equivalent to
those standards in California, if certain circumstances exist.
   This bill would revise the circumstances under which an
out-of-state applicant may receive an appropriate teaching
credential.  The bill would require the commission to contract for
reviews of certain standards of other states to  allow out-of-state
prepared teachers to meet specified California requirements for
multiple subject and single subject teaching credentials based upon
out-of-state teacher preparation determined by the commission to be
comparable and equivalent to the preparation required in this state.
The bill would require an initial review to commence in 2001 and
supplemental reviews to be conducted every 3 years after the
completion of the initial review.
   Existing law requires the commission to issue a 5-year preliminary
multiple subject teaching credential authorizing instruction in a
self-contained classroom or a 5-year preliminary single subject
teaching credential authorizing instruction in departmentalized
classes to any applicant who has not been awarded a credential
pursuant to a reciprocity agreement with another state and meets
other prescribed requirements.
   This bill would require the commission to issue these credentials
to experienced out-of-state prepared teachers who meet prescribed
requirements.
   Existing law requires the commission to issue a professional clear
multiple or single subject teaching credential or a 5-year
preliminary specialist instruction credential authorizing instruction
of pupils with disabilities to applicants who meet prescribed
requirements.
   This bill would modify the requirements which applicants must meet
to obtain the credentials.
   Existing law requires the commission to issue a 3-year preliminary
multiple subject teaching credential authorizing instruction in a
self-contained classroom or a 3-year preliminary single subject
teaching credential authorizing instruction in departmentalized
classes to qualified applicants who meet prescribed requirements.
   This bill would delete this requirement.
   Existing law authorizes any teacher from another state to be
employed by a school district to provide instructional services if
certain conditions are met.  Existing law requires the commission to
grant a 5-year preliminary multiple or single subject teaching
credential or education specialist credential to a teacher who meets
certain requirements if the teacher has received an offer of
employment from certain educational entities in this state.
   This bill would revise the requirements and conditions for the
issuance of the credentials.
   This bill would also provide that coursework, programs, or degrees
completed at an institution of higher education outside of the
United States are acceptable toward certification when the commission
or agency approved by the commission has determined that the
coursework, programs, or degrees are equivalent to those offered by a
regionally accredited institution in the United States.  The bill
would require the commission to issue a California multiple subject,
single subject, or education specialist teaching credential to
provide instructional services if certain conditions are met.
   The bill would appropriate the sum of $500,000 from the General
Fund to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for the purpose of
contracting for periodic reviews to determine whether any state has
established teacher preparation standards that are at least
comparable and equivalent to teacher preparation standards in
California.
   This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 44227 of
the Education Code proposed by AB 2339, that would become operative
only if AB 2339 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective
on or before January 1, 2001, and this bill is chaptered last.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 44227 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44227.  (a) The commission may approve any institution of higher
education whose teacher education program meets the standards
prescribed by the commission, to recommend to the commission the
issuance of credentials to persons who have successfully completed
those programs.
   (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
commission may approve for credit any coursework completed for
credential purposes or for step increases in programs offered in
California by out-of-state institutions of higher education that meet
the requirements prescribed by Section 94761 only if the program of
courses is offered by a regionally accredited institution and
evidence of satisfactory evaluation by both that accrediting body and
the Western Association of Schools and Colleges is submitted by the
out-of-state institution to the commission for purposes of seeking
approval of the program and any courses within that program  to
enable potential teachers to meet one or more requirements for a
teaching credential in California.
  SEC. 1.5.  Section 44227 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44227.  (a) The commission may approve any institution of higher
education whose teacher education program meets the standards
prescribed by the commission, to recommend to the commission the
issuance of credentials to persons who have successfully completed
those programs.
   (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
commission may approve for credit any coursework completed for
credential purposes or for step increases in programs offered in
California by out-of-state institutions of higher education that meet
the requirements prescribed by Chapter 7 (commencing with Section
94700) of Part 59 of Division 10 if the program of courses is offered
by a regionally accredited institution and evidence of satisfactory
evaluation by that accrediting body is submitted by the out-of-state
institution to the commission for purposes of seeking approval of the
program and any courses within that program to enable potential
teachers to meet one or more requirements for a teaching credential
in California.
  SEC. 2.  Section 44253 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44253.  (a) The commission may issue a preliminary designated
subjects teaching credential, for a period not to exceed two years,
pending completion of the requirements in subdivisions  (b) and (c).

   (b) A course or examination on the provisions and principles of
the United States Constitution.
   (c) The applicant meets the requirements of this state for teacher
fitness pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341.
  SEC. 3.  Section 44270.3 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   44270.3.  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the
commission shall issue a preliminary services credential with a
specialization in administrative services to an out-of-state trained
administrator who meets all of the following requirements:
   (a) Possesses a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
institution of higher education.
   (b) Successfully passed the basic skills proficiency test
administered pursuant to Section 44252.5.
   (c) Completed a teacher preparation program at a regionally
accredited institution of higher education, was issued an elementary,
secondary, or special education teaching credential based upon that
program, and served on that credential for at least three years.
   (d) Completed an administrator preparation program at a regionally
accredited institution of higher education and was issued, or
qualified for, an administrative services credential based upon that
program.
   (e) Submitted fingerprint cards and met the requirements of
California for teacher fitness pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and
44341.
  SEC. 4.  Section 44270.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   44270.4.  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the
commission shall issue a professional services credential with a
specialization in administrative services to an out-of-state trained
administrator who meets all of the following requirements:
   (a) Possesses a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
institution of higher education.
   (b) Successfully passed the basic skills proficiency test
administered pursuant to Section 44252.5.
   (c) Completed a teacher preparation program at a regionally
accredited institution of higher education, was issued an elementary,
secondary, or special education teaching credential based upon that
program, and served on that credential for at least three years.
   (d) Completed an administrator preparation program at a regionally
accredited institution of higher education and was issued an
administrative services credential based upon that program.
   (e) Submitted to the commission a minimum of two rigorous
performance evaluations, one in each of the applicant's two most
recent years of service as an administrator, upon which the applicant
received ratings of satisfactory or better.
   (f) Successfully served as a public school administrator for at
least three years or successfully completed an individual program of
professional development that included intensive mentoring,
assistance, and support as certified by the employing school
district.
   (g) Submitted fingerprint cards and met the requirements of
California for teacher fitness pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and
44341.
  SEC. 5.  Section 44274 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44274.  (a) The commission shall conduct periodic reviews,
beginning in 1998, to determine whether any state has established
teacher preparation standards that are at least comparable and
equivalent to teacher preparation standards in California.
   (b) When the commission determines, pursuant to subdivision (a),
that the teacher preparation standards established by any state are
at least comparable and equivalent to teacher preparation standards
in California, the commission shall initiate negotiations with that
state to provide reciprocity in teacher credentialing.
   (c) The commission shall grant an appropriate credential to any
applicant from another state who has completed teacher preparation
that is at least comparable and equivalent to preparation that meets
teacher preparation standards in California, as determined by the
commission pursuant to this section, if the applicant has met the
requirements of California for the basic skills proficiency test
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 44275.3 and teacher fitness
pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341.
   (d) No reciprocity agreement established pursuant to subdivision
(b) shall exempt an out-of-state applicant from submitting an
identification card pursuant to Section 44340 and obtaining a
certificate of clearance, credential, permit, or certificate of
eligibility from the commission.
   (e) The commission shall issue credentials to out-of-state
prepared teachers based on all of the following:
   (1) Equivalent preparation received outside of this state.
   (2) Equivalent reading instruction, as determined by the reviews
conducted pursuant to Section 44274.1.
   (3) Equivalent subject matter programs or credential emphasis
programs, as determined by the reviews conducted pursuant to Section
44274.1.
  SEC. 6.  Section 44274.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   44274.1.  To remove unnecessary barriers for entry into teaching
for teachers prepared in other  states, the commission shall contract
for reviews of areas of teacher preparation in other states, as
specified in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive.  The initial reviews
shall commence in 2001.  Supplemental reviews shall be conducted
every three years after completion of the initial review.  The
purpose of the review is to maintain and utilize information to allow
teachers prepared in other states to meet specified California
requirements for multiple subject and single subject teaching
credentials based upon out-of-state teacher preparation determined by
the commission to be comparable and equivalent to the preparation
required in California.  Reviews shall take place in all of the
following areas of teacher preparation for the purpose of meeting the
credential requirements pursuant to Section 44275.3:
   (a) Subject matter programs or subject matter examinations
pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259.
   (b) Reading instruction pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision
(b) of Section 44259.
   (c) Credential emphasis programs, including, but not limited to,
emphasis programs to prepare teachers to work with English language
learners.
  SEC. 7.  Section 44274.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44274.2.  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the
commission shall issue a five-year preliminary multiple subject
teaching credential authorizing instruction in a self-contained
classroom or a five-year preliminary single subject teaching
credential authorizing instruction in departmentalized classes to any
experienced out-of-state prepared teacher  who meets all of the
following requirements:
   (1) Possesses a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
institution of higher education.
   (2) Completed a teacher preparation program at a regionally
accredited institution of higher education.
   (3) In the case of an applicant for a five-year preliminary single
subject teaching credential,  completed an academic major in the
subject area of the credential sought as determined by the
commission.
   (4) Earned a valid corresponding elementary or secondary teaching
credential based upon the out-of-state teacher preparation program.
   (5) Verified a minimum of three years of full-time teaching
experience completed in another state in the subject of the
credential sought.
   (6) Submitted evidence of rigorous performance evaluations on
which the applicant received ratings of satisfactory or better.
   (b) A teacher shall pass the state basic skills proficiency test
administered by the commission pursuant to Section 44252 within one
year of the issuance date of the credential in order to be eligible
to continue teaching pursuant to  this section.
   (c) The commission shall issue a professional clear multiple or
single subject teaching credential to any applicant who provide
verification of five or more years of teaching experience to meet the
requirement of subdivision (a), and who documents, in a manner
prescribed by the commission, that he or she fulfills each of the
following requirements:
   (1) The commission has issued to the applicant a preliminary
five-year teaching credential pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (2) The applicant has completed 150 clock hours of activities that
contribute to his or her competence, performance, and effectiveness
in the education profession, and that assist the applicant in meeting
or exceeding standards for professional preparation established by
the commission.
   (d) The commission shall issue a professional clear multiple or
single subject teaching credential to any applicant who provide
verification of three or four years of teaching experience to meet
the requirement of subdivision (a), and who documents in a manner
prescribed by the commission, that he or she fulfills each of the
following requirements:
   (1) The commission has issued to the applicant a preliminary
five-year teaching credential pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (2) The applicant has completed either of the following:
   (A) A program of beginning teacher support and assessment
established pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 44279.1)
of Chapter 2 of Part 24.
   (B) An alternative program of beginning teacher induction that the
commission determines, in conjunction with the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, meets state standards for teacher induction.
   (e) The commission shall issue a five-year preliminary specialist
instruction credential authorizing instruction of pupils with
disabilities to any applicant who has not been awarded a credential
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section  44275.3 and who fulfills all
of the following requirements:
   (1) A baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited
institution of higher education.
   (2) Completion of a professional preparation program in the
requested education specialist category.
   (3) A valid corresponding special education credential from
another state.
   (4) A minimum of three years of full-time teaching experience in
the subject of the credential sought.
   (5) Submission of evidence of rigorous performance evaluations on
which the applicant received ratings of satisfactory or better.
   (6) Passage of the state basic skills proficiency test,
administered by the commission, pursuant to Section 44252, within one
year of the issuance date of the credential.
   (f) The commission shall issue a professional clear instruction
credential to any applicant who fulfills the requirements for the
professional clear Level II Education Specialist Instruction
Credential, as established by the commission.
  SEC. 8.  Section 44274.4 of the Education Code is repealed.
  SEC. 9.  Section 44275.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44275.3.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
   (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following
occur:
   (1) That this section provide flexibility to enable school
districts to recruit credentialed out-of-state elementary, secondary,
and special education teachers to relocate to California.
   (2) That any and all teachers hired in California pursuant to this
section fully meet the requirements of the State of California, or
requirements deemed to be equivalent.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
commission shall issue a five-year preliminary multiple subject or
single subject teaching credential or a five-year preliminary
education specialist credential to any out-of-state prepared teacher
who meets all of the following requirements:
   (1) Possesses a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
institution of higher education.
   (2) Completed a teacher preparation program at a regionally
accredited institution of higher education.
   (3) Successfully completes any criminal background check conducted
pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341 for credentialing
purposes.
   (4) Earned or qualified for a corresponding elementary, secondary,
or special education teaching credential based upon the out-of-state
teacher preparation program.  The area of concentration of the
special education credential program completed out of state shall
correspond with the areas of concentration for the California
credential awarded.
   (c) An out-of-state prepared teacher who has been issued a
California five-year preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or
education specialist teaching credential shall pass the state basic
skills proficiency test, administered by the commission pursuant to
Section 44252, within one year of the issuance date of the credential
in order to be eligible to continue teaching pursuant to this
section.
   (d) The commission shall issue a professional clear credential to
an out-of-state prepared teacher who has met the requirements in
subdivision (b) and who meets the following requirements:
   (1) Passage of the state basic skills proficiency test
administered by the commission pursuant to Section 44252.
   (2) Demonstration of subject matter competence by completion of
coursework or an examination approved by the commission pursuant to
paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259.  Completion of
subject matter in another state that has been determined by the
commission to be comparable or equivalent pursuant to paragraph (1)
of subdivision (a) of Section 44274.1 shall meet this requirement.
   (3) Completion of a course, or for multiple subject credentials, a
course or an examination, on the various methods of teaching reading
pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259.
Completion of coursework in another state determined by the
commission to be comparable and equivalent pursuant to paragraph (2)
of subdivision (a) of Section 44274.1 shall meet this requirement.
   (4) Completion of a course or examination on the provisions and
principles of the United States Constitution pursuant to paragraph
(6) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259.  Completion of coursework in
another state determined by the commission to be comparable and
equivalent shall meet this requirement.
   (5) Completion of the study of health education pursuant to
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section
44259.  Completion of coursework in another state determined by the
commission to be comparable and equivalent shall meet this
requirement.
   (6) Completion of study and field experience in methods of
delivering appropriate educational services to pupils with
exceptional needs in regular education programs.  Completion of
coursework in another state determined by the commission to be
comparable and equivalent shall meet this requirement.
   (7) Completion of the study of computer based technology through
demonstration by course or examination of basic competence in the use
of computers in the classroom, and study of advanced computer based
technology, including the uses of technology in educational settings
pursuant to subparagraph  (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of
Section 44259.  Completion of coursework in another state determined
by the commission to be comparable and equivalent shall meet this
requirement.
   (8) Completion of a fifth-year program at a regionally accredited
institution of higher education, except that the commission shall
eliminate this requirement for any candidate who has completed an
induction program for beginning teachers.
   (9) A teacher holding a specialist credential pursuant to this
section shall complete the requirements for nonspecial education
pedagogy and a supervised field experience program in general
education pursuant to Section 44265.
   (10) A teacher holding a specialist credential pursuant to this
section shall complete a program for the Professional Level II
credential accredited by the Committee on Accreditation, established
pursuant to Section 44373, and the requirements specified in this
subdivision.
  SEC. 10.  Section 44275.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:

   44275.4.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
   (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following
occur:
   (1) That this section provide flexibility to enable school
districts to recruit credentialed elementary, secondary, and special
education teachers prepared in countries other than the United States
to relocate temporarily or permanently to this state.
   (2) That any and all teachers prepared in countries other than the
United States who are granted a California teaching credential
pursuant to this section fully meet the requirements of this state.
   (b) Coursework, programs, or degrees completed at an institution
of higher education outside of the United States are acceptable
toward certification when the Commission on Teacher Credentialing or
an evaluating agency approved by the commission has determined that
the institution's coursework, programs, or degrees are equivalent to
those offered by a regionally accredited institution in the United
States.  The commission reserves the right to accept or reject an
approved evaluating agency's determination.  Notwithstanding any
other provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a
five-year preliminary multiple subject teaching credential, a
five-year preliminary single subject teaching credential, or a
five-year preliminary education specialist credential to a teacher
prepared in a country other than the United States who meets all of
the following requirements:
   (1) The teacher holds or is eligible for a credential from another
country that required a baccalaureate or higher degree determined to
be equivalent to those offered by a regionally accredited
institution in the United States and completion of a professional
preparation program approved by the appropriate agency in the country
where the program was completed that requires the teacher to meet
requirements equivalent to the multiple or single subject teaching
credential requirements in Section 44259 or the special education
credential requirements described in Section 44265.  The area of
concentration of the special education credential program completed
in a country other than the United States shall correspond with the
areas of concentration for the California credential awarded.
   (2) The teacher successfully completes a criminal background check
conducted pursuant to Sections 44339, 44340, and 44341 for
credentialing purposes.
   (c) A teacher prepared in a country other than the United States
who has been issued by the commission a five-year preliminary
multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching
credential shall pass the state basic skills proficiency test,
administered by the commission pursuant to Section 44252, within one
year of the issuance date of the credential in order to be eligible
to continue teaching pursuant to this section.
   (d) The commission shall issue a professional clear credential to
a teacher prepared in a country other than the United States who has
met the requirements in subdivisions (b) and (c) and who meets the
following  requirements:
   (1) Demonstration of subject matter competence by completion of
coursework or an examination approved by the commission pursuant to
paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259.
   (2) Completion of a course, or for multiple subject credentials, a
course or an examination, on the various methods of teaching reading
pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259.
Completion of coursework in another state or country determined by
the commission to be comparable and equivalent shall meet this
requirement.
   (3) Completion of a course or examination on the provisions and
principles of the United States Constitution pursuant to paragraph
(6) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259.  Completion of coursework in
another state or country determined by the commission to be
comparable and equivalent shall meet this requirement.
   (4) Completion of the study of health education pursuant to
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section
44259.  Completion of coursework in another state or country
determined by the commission to be comparable and equivalent shall
meet this requirement.
   (5) Completion of study and field experience in methods of
delivering appropriate educational services to pupils with
exceptional needs in regular education programs.  Completion of
coursework in another state or country determined by the commission
to be comparable and equivalent shall meet this requirement.
   (6) Completion of the study of computer-based technology through
demonstration by course or examination of basic competence in the use
of computers in the classroom, and study of advanced computer-based
technology including the uses of technology in educational settings
pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 44259.
Completion of coursework in another state or country determined by
the commission as comparable and equivalent shall meet this
requirement.
   (7) Completion of a fifth-year program at an institution of higher
education determined by the commission to offer equivalent programs
and degrees to those offered in the United States, except that the
commission shall eliminate this requirement for any candidate who has
completed an induction program for beginning teachers.
   (8) A teacher holding a specialist credential pursuant to this
section shall complete the requirements for nonspecial education
pedagogy and a supervised field experience program in general
education pursuant to Section 44265.
   (9) A teacher holding a specialist credential pursuant to this
section shall complete a program for the Professional Level II
credential accredited by the Committee on Accreditation, established
pursuant to Section 44373 and the requirements specified in this
subdivision and subdivision (e).
  SEC. 11.  The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing for the purpose of contracting for the periodic
reviews required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44274.  It
is the intent of the Legislature that funding be provided in the
annual Budget Act to update each of the periodic reviews required
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44274 on a three-year cycle,
commencing in 2004.
  SEC. 12.  Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to
Section 44227 of the Education Code proposed by both this bill and AB
2339.  It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted
and become effective on or before January 1, 2001, (2) each bill
amends Section 44227 of the Education Code, and (3) this bill is
enacted after AB 2339, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not
become operative.
  SEC. 13.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to help address the critical shortage of qualified
teachers in California, it is necessary to qualify out-of-state
teachers to teach in this state, and it is therefore necessary that
this act take effect immediately.
